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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:00:42 +1100
Subject: Re: Can global variable be passed into Python function?
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On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> A colleague of mine taught me decades back that the whole point of OO
> was the avoidance of if and switch statements. So if your code has an if
> or switch statement, chances are you are doing something wrong.
>
> I agree.

*boggle*

Are you seriously suggesting that every condition requires the
declaration of an object type? UGH! No thank you.

ChrisA